Upcoming Annihilus and Human Torch Balance Changes

Summoners,

As we mentioned earlier we’re committing to more frequent, smaller, tuning and balance changes in the Contest. You can take a look at that post here.

We’ve looked at the data and took in your feedback and have observed that Annihilus is performing well as a defender, he is currently under-performing as an Attacker, and are looking at different options to improve his performance.

Human Torch performs very well in matches against Mystic Champions, in matches where he can bypass Miss, and when he can reverse healing. However outside of those conditions, he’s not as strong as we’d like him to be. So we’re looking at increasing his strength in those not-ideal matchups. He should still have situations where he’s weaker or stronger, but we want to close the gap a little.

We are estimating that this change will be live in approximately 3 months.

While these 2 have already been added to the Basic Pool of Champions, going forward, we will be letting you know before about these updates before a new Champion is added to the Basic Pool so you can make informed decisions.

Comments

AndTav

Do what u gotta do Kabam 🤞
I am also looking forward to it.

Can't wait

I'm sad, there will be no more update for my little cockroach this year.

JoeyPhy

This still happening?

Agdan99

do we have any news on these buffs, particularly for human torch?

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Claytonsnow

This still happening!?

Demonzfyre

This still happening!?

Maybe look around the forums a bit more. You'll find your answer. Or you know, the comment before yours.

Fhfjghhggggjfhfjg

Whats happening with annihilus and torch buffs?

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RoOOts

Please some Info. We're waiting.

Kalantak

yep hopefully will have some update on a buff tonight!! anihilus seems to be very underwhelming offensively , defense he needs to be toned down a little !!

Cain

Please some Info. We're waiting.

They said they’d talk about it in December which just began...easy...

Stagedear85

any update

Ggeorg10

@Kabam Miike any update;

Lovek

he said all annoucement will be during january and update for febuary

Nojokejaym

People have no patience

Madman_marvin

People have no patience

I agree, but to be fair many players will want to rank those great champs and if a nerf is incoming they deserve to know in order to have the most info available.

Crumb3307

Also, there’s a translation from the Chinese forum that makes it seem like the change is coming January, that’s causing some confusion. Since the same update on our end says announcement January and change after that, there’s probably a mistranslation, but it might be nice to get confirmation.

FluffyPigMonster

We’re patiently waiting, but honestly I wouldn’t expect any major changes to any rumored champion. Maybe extra damage here, less armor there, a bit longer or shorter buff duration. Anything major will cause a uproar (negative changes) or cause Kabam to re-evaluate any OP improvements.

Patience but the game and champs will most likely stay as is minus a few alterations.

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Parfanity

So Torch feels the same to me